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Health Taxes: Evidence, Revenue Potential, and Policy Lessons for Sustainable Health Financing
Under what conditions are health taxes most likely to achieve both health and fiscal objectives? This policy brief synthesizes the international evidence on health taxes, presents original revenue estimates for tobacco and alcohol taxation across PEPFAR Country Operational Plan (COP) countries, and identifies practical lessons for policymakers considering health…
Dr. Allyalla Nandakumar Shares New Approaches to Global HIV Care in the Wake of Funding Cuts
As the U.S. withdraws from its role as a key funder of the global HIV response, countries at the center of the HIV epidemic will bear most of the financial burden. Historically, donor funding (with the U.S. making up 73% of those funds) has been the core pillar of…
CISWH: Celebrating Another Year of Social Work Leadership in Health
The Beyond 2025 Action HubWe began 2025 with the launch of the Beyond 2025 Action Hub. The Hub provides tools, policy guidance, and accessible analysis to support practitioners, educators, and advocates responding to federal policy activity. It now serves as a resource for those seeking clarity and…
Think Global Health: New U.S. Global Health Strategy Raises Questions About Future Funding and Service Access
While the United States was once the world’s largest donor to global health initiatives, the Trump administration’s new America First Global Health Strategy moves away from long-term funding for programs addressing HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and polio and instead expects partner countries to take on more of the financial burden. As a result, countries may face widening gaps…
CISWH Welcomes Visiting Scholar Dr. Marianne Nilsen and her Expertise on Gerontological Social Work, AI and Social Innovation
The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) is excited to welcome Dr. Marianne Nilsen as a visiting scholar for the 2025-2026 academic year. While at CISWH, she will focus on three research objectives: exploring collaborative models between social workers…
Renowned Health Economist Dr. Allyala Nandakumar and Research Team Join CISWH
The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) is excited to share that Dr. Alyalla Nandakumar and his team of researchers have joined the CISWH team. Dr. Nandakumar and the research team add their deep expertise in global health, health…
Assessing the impact of the president’s emergency plan for AIDS relief on all-cause mortality
Abstract This study estimated the impacts of PEPFAR on all-cause mortality (ACM) rates (deaths per 1,000 population) across PEPFAR recipient countries from 2004-2018. As PEPFAR moves into its 3rd decade, this study supplements the existing literature on PEPFAR ‘s overall effectiveness in saving lives by focusing impact estimates on…